Superscrimpers to launch website, kicking off with festive special on Channel 4
Endemol UK will launch a website, Superscrimpers.com, to tie in with the Channel 4 show launched in 2011. The show, with economizing tips, lends itself well to a web resource. The site promises fashion tips alongside those for food, gifts, gardening, lifestyle and travel. Endemol and Channel 4 say a pool of experts […]
Miss France’s 33 finalists to arrive in Dijon on November 23
Sylvie Tellier, via Twitter It was unprecedented in New Zealand to see the 20 finalists in Miss Universe New Zealand 2013 being flown to Thailand for their retreat and swimwear shoot. However, one country—the one where beauty pageants remain in the public consciousness, and where the telecast gets a 40 per cent share—does this as […]
Virgin Atlantic begins trialling Vivienne Westwood-designed uniforms
Virgin Atlantic has begun showing its new uniforms, designed by Vivienne Westwood. Wearer trials began earlier today at airports, Clubhouses and on board Virgin Atlantic aircraft. The company says 180 staff, including crew, pilots, ground staff, Clubhouse employees and Virgin Holidays staff will trial the uniform over the next few months, ahead of the […]
Pictures from Cheryl Cole’s 30th birthday appear on Instagram and Twitter
Lisa Laudat via Twitter Kimberly Walsh via Instagram Just to show that interest in Cheryl Cole hasn’t dimmed, the British media have covered her 30th birthday party at Hakkasan in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, even if they have cobbled the story together via Twitter. Britain’s sweetheart is looking a bit worse for wear […]
Sponsored video: ASOS kicks off its Denim Challenge competition, open today only
A Lucire special promotion Many of our female readers are already sold on ASOS, so it’s great to see the online retailer give the men some consideration. It’s started on an item of clothing that most men should have no trouble ordering online: denim. The two new videos promoting the ASOS Menswear Denim range—which […]
Supermodel Kate Moss is the face of St Tropez’s summer 2013 campaign
Kate Moss is the new face of St Tropez, the self-tanning brand, leading its first global advertising campaign. Two shots have been released: one of Moss in a white, one-piece swimsuit, and another in the nude. The campaign will be in print and online, and appear in point-of-sale materials from summer 2013. St […]
Justin Bieber appears in Adidas Neo’s spring–summer 2013 online look book
In another fashion–music tie-up, Adidas Neo, the German company’s sub-brand targeted at teenagers, secured the services of Justin Bieber for its spring–summer 2013 campaign last October. The campaign has now been released with a digital look book. The look book is available at adidas.com/neoliveyourstyle, featuring Bieber alongside Neo teens in 12 short interactive films. […]
New series Design Genius showcases designer ingenuity, with Indashio as host and judge
Indashio, whom Lucire first covered in 2003, and who had styled a number of our print-edition covers in the 2000s, already known through VH1’s Glam God, will host and judge a new series for Fashion One, called Design Genius. The show sees three designers competing for a top prize of US$25,000. Designers are given […]
Noon by Noor, via Instagram Earlier today, New York editor Joseph Ungoco was at Carmen Marc Valvo, from where he tweeted: ‘Black on black is the new black’. The designer took inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and a bit of rock and roll. And it showed: Valvo was taken by black for winter, but contrasted […]
& Other Stories to launch in ten European countries; seven with physical stores
H&M brand & Other Stories—the ampersand is part of the official name—will launch its first collections this spring in ten European countries. There will be seven bricks-and-mortar boutiques in Barcelona, Berlin, København, London, Milano, Paris and Stockholm, while Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK will see online […]
